Mr X Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 3 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: Ralph went straight down the tunnel at full time Hopefully straight onto the plane 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefizzy14 Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 Something has got to change, not good enough! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 1 minute ago, nta786 said: I think we are giving 100% to be fair, I see we are pressing, but on pitch it looks like we are running around like headless chickens. We’re seeing too many mistakes, methods and automatisms that aren’t working, players who have gone off the boil and no cohesion to our play. What we aren’t seeing is results, and that’s why he has to go at the end of the season. What i don't understand is a manager who looks at something not working and does nothing about it. Please can we appoint someone who actually appoint a replacement who change things if we're getting embarassed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 5 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: Ralph went straight down the tunnel at full time 2 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said: Did he use the entrance or try to get too clever and climb on top and then burrow his way in? Like a lemming? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 On 06/05/2022 at 11:01, beatlesaint said: I see according to the local rag that Ralph says its insulting to suggest the players are already on the beach. Only one way to prove otherwise then Ralph !!! 8 hours ago, CB Fry said: Last time he got on his holier than thou high horse, after the West Ham cup game, we went on yet another of our dreadful runs of form. How about let's stop being dogshit, Ralph. How dare we say this wonderful team and wonderful manager are on the beach. How insulting. How dare we. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 Automatisms? That's the problem. The game isn't for robots but for players to see opportunities and runs and react accordingly. It's this bullshit that makes us so utterly predictable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 We can’t afford the compo, can we? Has to be the only reason. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 6 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: Ralph went straight down the tunnel at full time It is really sad though it has come to this if true. As they say “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint1 Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 7 minutes ago, BotleySaint said: Even worse when you look at the teams we've playing during that period of time too. Remember seeing the fixtures and thinking here we can have a run at top 8. How foolish I was 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint1 Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 Blackmore needs to put it Ralph after the game. No dilly dallying round the subject 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 We're a bit crap recently aren't we? 🤐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 I've been part of the Ralph in camp for ages now. Have to say now though that this shit can't continue. It's beyond embarrassing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 2 minutes ago, DT said: 1) We can’t afford the compo, can we? 2) Has to be the only reason. 1) We really don't know the financial position of the club given the new ownership 2) The only reason for what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 22 minutes ago, CaptainBligh said: 3-0 - Redmond's has had a mare. He's had a crap season ! He was decent for the first half of the season. Been crap since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsaint Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 7 minutes ago, BotleySaint said: Must be looking at this and thinking there is nothing more he can do here. Maybe he'll quit. Wishful thinking unfortunately, he’ll wait for the multi million pound payout. Get rid now and hope for some kind of new manager bounce against Liverpool that keeps the score to about 0-4. Can’t afford to give this man another transfer window and start off next season slowly, our luck will run out eventually. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanlee Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 Can't think of one player Ralph has improved in his time, poor sub standard signings and tactically dreadful . Time for a fresh approach. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 We actually had control of the game for large parts, certainly up until the start of the 2nd half at which point we gave up and threw the towels in. Defensively abject, Bednarek is just a hopeless footballer. A consistent factor under several managers is that useless oaf, bored watching him. I'm fairly sure a retired and overweight Fabrice Fernandes would give us more than Redmond, who is another who has been around under several managers and is equally abject. How he 'defended' that third goal is inexcusable, I never want to see him play for us again. Why did we start with Diallo in the two? Ralph doesn't have the best hand as he has to work with the likes of Bednarek and Redmond, but he doesn't half make it harder for himself. It's clear to anyone that Diallo and JWP cannot play in a two because they get over-run and overpowered, it's clear to everyone. What happened? They were over-run and overpowered. Play Diallo in a three, or play him with Romeu - that's the only way he fits into this team. Trying to shoehorn Diallo into the Romeu role does not work and it leaves us so, so, so exposed on the break. Absolute ridiculous decision from the manager and I have no idea what was going through his head when he picked that one. Overall it's not really much different from most weeks, groundhog day. We know we have a squad littered with absolutely abject footballers, but we also have a manager who has his qualities but seems intent on making an already difficult situation much harder for himself. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 If the last eleven games form continued over a season we’d be on for a heady 17 points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 Things must be bad, no Trousers posting gifs and the league table... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 That was a weird juxtaposition between an absolute horror show on the pitch and one of the best away ends of the season. Players rightly got a load of shit when they came over at the end. We have some proper moody fans these days. Loads of flares, people getting kicked out, some tried to get at the home fans outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 (edited) He’s got to go Comfortably the best away end of the season though, strangely. Edited 7 May, 2022 by LGTL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 I chose a nearby away game to watch my lower league local team today. A short train journey, a nice walk, a nice pint in the sunshine and watched them get an away win. A walk down to the beach, a wave at the Southampton players who were already on there, and back home. A lovely afternoon. Now, how did we get on... bloomin' 'eck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 4 minutes ago, CB Fry said: How dare we say this wonderful team and wonderful manager are on the beach. How insulting. How dare we. I honesty don't think they are on the beach. They just are not very good. As a team we don't know what we are doing any more. Fullbacks attack, but no one covers. Midfield loses the ball and leave CBs exposed. The back four don't keep a good line. Players get drawn across, midfield don't track runners leaving defenders overloaded. We have no idea how to defend set pieces. The whole `do nothing and hope someone is offside' failed totally today...the list goes on. It's just ugly in terms of our set up. What makes it worse is that considering how open we are, we create very little. Slightly better today, but Brentford are themselves not the greatest defensive side. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Karloff Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 Just now, Tanlee said: Can't think of one player Ralph has improved in his time, poor sub standard signings and tactically dreadful . Time for a fresh approach. But harsh. Could make a case that JWP, KWP, Salisu, S Armstrong and even Romeu have all improved. All been rubbish lately, mind. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 8 minutes ago, DT said: We can’t afford the compo, can we? Has to be the only reason. We really can't. We need every penny of that £12m to buy players, especially as the £10m we might have got if we'd been higher up the league has disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 1 minute ago, S-Clarke said: We actually had control of the game for large parts, certainly up until the start of the 2nd half at which point we gave up and threw the towels in. Defensively abject, Bednarek is just a hopeless footballer. A consistent factor under several managers is that useless oaf, bored watching him. I'm fairly sure a retired and overweight Fabrice Fernandes would give us more than Redmond, who is another who has been around under several managers and is equally abject. How he 'defended' that third goal is inexcusable, I never want to see him play for us again. Why did we start with Diallo in the two? Ralph doesn't have the best hand as he has to work with the likes of Bednarek and Redmond, but he doesn't half make it harder for himself. It's clear to anyone that Diallo and JWP cannot play in a two because they get over-run and overpowered, it's clear to everyone. What happened? They were over-run and overpowered. Play Diallo in a three, or play him with Romeu - that's the only way he fits into this team. Trying to shoehorn Diallo into the Romeu role does not work and it leaves us so, so, so exposed on the break. Absolute ridiculous decision from the manager and I have no idea what was going through his head when he picked that one. Overall it's not really much different from most weeks, groundhog day. We know we have a squad littered with absolutely abject footballers, but we also have a manager who has his qualities but seems intent on making an already difficult situation much harder for himself. In response to your first paragraph, I only saw the last half hour but I wouldn’t call it control, we had lots of meaningless possession about 20 - 25 yards from goal with no penetration, it was so comfortable for Brentford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 28 minutes ago, skintsaint said: why the fuck would he bother lol I think a United or Liverpool, in years to come would rather take a chance on someone who's done well with Brentford and Southampton than just with Brentford. Also, he's mates with our chairman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northam soul Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 Ok so when do we start panicking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 Another short passing static high possession shambles. WTF is Hasenhuttl doing to allow this to occur or doesn't he see it. We were just chasing scraps against a packed defence because we had taken so long to get the ball forward and allowed them all to get goal side. There were passengers out there today, Bednerak, Diallo. Redmond, Elyanoussi for starters. I lost count of the number of attempted failed tackles consisting mostly waving a leg as a gesture. This is just another similar failed unwatchable performance that is absolutely predictable and has become the norm. JWP pretty much sets the template for the negative keep ball, Christan Eriksen he isn't. If we get a good offer we should take it. As long as he is in midfield indulging in passing sideways and backwards we are just treading water. We need to break this particular mould and bring in players that can play faster and harder. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 2 minutes ago, Boris Karloff said: But harsh. Could make a case that JWP, KWP, Salisu, S Armstrong and even Romeu have all improved. All been rubbish lately, mind. Also those who have gone. You can't say Ings, Hoj and Vest didn't improve under Ralph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 3 minutes ago, The Cat said: That was a weird juxtaposition between an absolute horror show on the pitch and one of the best away ends of the season. Players rightly got a load of shit when they came over at the end. We have some proper moody fans these days. Loads of flares, people getting kicked out, some tried to get at the home fans outside. Not quite true. Brentford fans threw a flare into the Saints fans at 3-0 and then it turned nasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddeer Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 9 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said: Blackmore needs to put it Ralph after the game. No dilly dallying round the subject He hasn't got the balls I'm afraid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 2 hours ago, cloggy saint said: No, no we don't. Yes, we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 13 minutes ago, DT said: We can’t afford the compo, can we? Has to be the only reason. But he offered to resign and walk for free after both 9-0's and we rejected it so I think he would accept it without much compo. For all Ralph's managerial faults, he's an absolutely lovely man who genuinely cares about the club. Probably too lovely. That's never been in question. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddeer Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 7 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: We actually had control of the game for large parts, certainly up until the start of the 2nd half at which point we gave up and threw the towels in. Defensively abject, Bednarek is just a hopeless footballer. A consistent factor under several managers is that useless oaf, bored watching him. I'm fairly sure a retired and overweight Fabrice Fernandes would give us more than Redmond, who is another who has been around under several managers and is equally abject. How he 'defended' that third goal is inexcusable, I never want to see him play for us again. Why did we start with Diallo in the two? Ralph doesn't have the best hand as he has to work with the likes of Bednarek and Redmond, but he doesn't half make it harder for himself. It's clear to anyone that Diallo and JWP cannot play in a two because they get over-run and overpowered, it's clear to everyone. What happened? They were over-run and overpowered. Play Diallo in a three, or play him with Romeu - that's the only way he fits into this team. Trying to shoehorn Diallo into the Romeu role does not work and it leaves us so, so, so exposed on the break. Absolute ridiculous decision from the manager and I have no idea what was going through his head when he picked that one. Overall it's not really much different from most weeks, groundhog day. We know we have a squad littered with absolutely abject footballers, but we also have a manager who has his qualities but seems intent on making an already difficult situation much harder for himself. Thought we were 2-0 down at half time. Have I got that wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, northam soul said: Ok so when do we start panicking? There is only 1 relegation spot left, so I don’t think we’ll go down, especially after Burnley losing, but it’s not really the point is it? Edited 7 May, 2022 by Toussaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 1 minute ago, Toussaint said: There is only 1 relegation spot left, so I don’t think we’ll go down, especially after Blackburn losing, but it’s not really the point is it? Burnley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 1 minute ago, Teddeer said: Thought we were 2-0 down at half time. Have I got that wrong? We were, but we weren't '2-0' bad at that stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 Just now, Wade Garrett said: Burnley I always do that! 1 minute ago, Wade Garrett said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 1 minute ago, S-Clarke said: We were, but we weren't '2-0' bad at that stage. we were lucky it was only 2 though IMO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 1 minute ago, S-Clarke said: We were, but we weren't '2-0' bad at that stage. That sounds like being a little bit pregnant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Kent Saint Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 Should we be bothered anymore ? All I’m hoping for is to stay up but it looks like we depend on other teams being even more useless than us ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 Well... we've had a better day than Northampton fans 😕 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 12 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: Why did we start with Diallo in the two? Ralph doesn't have the best hand as he has to work with the likes of Bednarek and Redmond, but he doesn't half make it harder for himself. It's clear to anyone that Diallo and JWP cannot play in a two because they get over-run and overpowered, it's clear to everyone. What happened? They were over-run and overpowered. Play Diallo in a three, or play him with Romeu - that's the only way he fits into this team. Trying to shoehorn Diallo into the Romeu role does not work and it leaves us so, so, so exposed on the break. Absolute ridiculous decision from the manager and I have no idea what was going through his head when he picked that one. Diallo aint up to it. I love Romeu, but he's been terrible, so I can understand why Diallo got a chance, but you are right, he can't be trusted in a 2. Sadly in a 3 he looks lost. One of many positions we need to strengthen. Armstrong is not CM. That leaves us with 2 plus Diallo. Same with left back, we just keep ignoring it because we don't have the funds to upgrade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 1 minute ago, East Kent Saint said: Should we be bothered anymore ? All I’m hoping for is to stay up but it looks like we depend on other teams being even more useless than us ! can't see us getting another point. We are relying on others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 Hasenhuttl: "Strange game. The quality in both boxes made the difference today. We had our chances and didn’t do anything. Simply not good enough." #saintsfc [sky] Christ he’s annoying 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 That is truly awful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca155 Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 36 minutes ago, nta786 said: Depends how the board see it really. Ralph on the camera there had a slight smirk, would like to know what is going on in his mind right now. Counting all the money he'll have I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 1 minute ago, DT said: Hasenhuttl: "Strange game. The quality in both boxes made the difference today. We had our chances and didn’t do anything. Simply not good enough." #saintsfc [sky] Christ he’s annoying yeah, we had a few chances, like they did, ,but it wasn't just the goals conceded, it was the number of times they broke and had a man free, which the man with the ball often didn't find. If they had, it could have been much worse. Did we ever catch them on the break? Were we ever one on one with a CB? Were we fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 7 May, 2022 Share Posted 7 May, 2022 16 minutes ago, Chez said: We really can't. We need every penny of that £12m to buy players, especially as the £10m we might have got if we'd been higher up the league has disappeared. Doesn’t he only have one season left on his contract? The ‘only’ cost then is what he would have been paid for that season. No win bonuses obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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